goblin

nounelf

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "a devil, incubus, fairy," from Old French gobelin (12c., as Medieval Latin Gobelinus, the name of a spirit haunting the region of Evreux, in chronicle of Ordericus Vitalis), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to German kobold (see cobalt), or from Medieval Latin cabalus, from Greek kobalos "rogue, knave," kobaloi "wicked spirits invoked by rogues," of unknown origin. Another suggestion is that it is a diminutive of the proper name Gobel.

Example Sentences for goblin

The first mound that I encountered belonged to a goblin who was splashing in his tub.

To me they sounded suspiciously like the goblins in my goblin book.

The goblin immediately vanished; and Edwin was left in solitude.

The goblin descended from its eminence, and directed the course of Roderic.

One only goblin was daring enough to pronounce a curse upon him.

Edwin gazed ...

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